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    Bad Symantec Update Leads to Trouble (PC World)
    PC World - Symantec says a buggy diagnostic program spurred a rash of Norton antivirus user complaints late Monday and Tuesday morning. -- read full article
    Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:10:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Germany Ratifies Cybercrime Treaty (PC World)
    PC World - Germany has become the latest country to ratify the only international treaty concerning computer crime. -- read full article
    Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:20:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    France, Ireland to Launch E-crime Police Training Programs (PC World)
    PC World - France and Ireland are hoping the European Commission will back a plan to create an academically accredited cybercrime training program for law enforcement. -- read full article
    Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:20:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    McAfee Funds E-crime Training in Europe, US (PC World)
    PC World - Security vendor McAfee will give grants to a European and a U.S. organization to better train law enforcement and legal officials to deal with cybercrime. -- read full article
    Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:20:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Facebook Blocks Spammers with Restraining Order (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Facebook last week secured a temporary restraining order against three spammers who were sending unwanted Wall posts and messages. -- read full article
    Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:05:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Panda: ID Theft Trojans Are on 1 in 100 PCs We Scan (PC World)
    PC World - Perhaps as many as ten million PCs are infected with sneaky programs designed to steal sensitive financial information, antivirus vendor Panda Security reports. -- read full article
    Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:20:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    US, Lithuania sign first of new EU deals on crime (AFP)

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) speaks with Italian Foreign minister Franco Frattini (C-back) and Lithuanian Foreign minister Vygaudas Usackas during a photo at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The United States and Lithuania signed an agreement here Monday aimed at making it easier to prosecute suspected financial criminals, computer hackers and violent extremists.(AFP/John Thys)AFP - The United States and Lithuania signed an agreement here Monday aimed at making it easier to prosecute suspected financial criminals, computer hackers and violent extremists.


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    Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:03:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Conficker Worm Strikes Back With New Variant (PC World)
    PC World - The Conficker/Downadup worm managed to slither onto millions of PCs worldwide at its height, but after it initially infected a computer it only really acted to spread itself, and didn't cause further harm. Until now. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:54:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Cybersecurity chief Beckstrom resigns (Reuters)
    Reuters - The U.S. government's director for cybersecurity resigned on Friday, criticizing the excessive role of the National Security Agency in countering threats to the country's computer systems. -- read full article
    Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:46:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Hacker gets 4 years in prison over malware install (AP)
    AP - A Los Angeles computer security consultant has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for using malicious software that turned thousands of computers into "zombies" so he could steal private information. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:42:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Security Vendor Dr. Web Combines Mobile, Desktop AV (PC World)
    PC World - Russian security company Dr. Web is offering its latest security product for Windows Mobile free to subscribers of its Enterprise Suite 4.4 antivirus and antispam software. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:30:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Job-offer spam gets makeover for recession (AP)
    AP - A staple of the spammer's arsenal — those come-ons for job offers — is getting a makeover because of the recession as online identity thieves concoct clever new ways to sneak onto people's computers. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:53:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Judge Kicks Notorious Spammer off Facebook (PC World)
    PC World - A federal judge in San Jose, California, has ordered convicted spammer Sanford Wallace to stay away from Facebook. -- read full article
    Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:40:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Malware Targets Facebook and Other Social Sites (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Trend Micro, a computer security firm, is warning that social-networking sites are under attack from a new wave of malware, worms and rogue applications. Although a number of the leading social-network sites have been targeted, the problem has hit Facebook hardest. -- read full article
    Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:37:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    IBM Looks to Secure Internet Banking With USB Stick (PC World)
    PC World - IBM's Zurich research laboratory has developed a USB stick that the company says can ensure safe banking transactions even if a PC is riddled with malware. -- read full article
    Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:50:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
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